Dig straight down through the centre of the Earth from Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates 🇦🇪, home to about 603,000 people, and you would surface in South Pacific Ocean 🌊, at 24.4667° S, 125.6334° W. Like most of the planet, that spot is open ocean; only 66 of the 391 cities listed here have an antipode on land.
| City | Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates 🇦🇪 |
|---|---|
| City coordinates | 24.4667° N, 54.3666° E |
| Antipode coordinates | 24.4667° S, 125.6334° W |
| What is there | South Pacific Ocean 🌊 (open water) |
| Nearest land | Pitcairn Islands 🇵🇳 — 269 km (167 miles) away |
| Nearest town or city | Papeete, French Polynesia — 2,597 km (1,614 miles) away |
| Distance straight through the Earth | 12,742 km (7,918 miles) |
Abu Dhabi's antipode is in open water, in South Pacific Ocean 🌊. The point lies roughly 269 km (167 miles) east of the nearest coast, which belongs to Pitcairn Islands 🇵🇳.
The closest settlement of any size is Papeete, French Polynesia, about 2,597 km (1,614 miles) from the point.
174 other cities on this list surface in the same place as Abu Dhabi; the 10 largest are shown.
Worked out by flipping the latitude across the equator (24.4667° N becomes 24.4667° S) and shifting the longitude by 180° (54.3666° E becomes 125.6334° W). More on how antipodes work.
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